to mush

Examples

• All

• It is such a powdery product that you just mush it around and it goes from almost feeling like flour into straight up lipstick.

• And then the watermelon, I think the watermelon might be my fave, but you mush them together.

• Let them all kind of mush in together.

• So as you can see, I get some applied to the bottom, mush it to the top and then clean up the edge.

• If you were to use a really soft brush at this point, it would just mush everywhere, slide around.

• So yes, it's a little bulky now, but you got to like mush your hair around into it.

  Carli Bybel

• I'm going to mush these into the macaroni and cheese.

  Fiction book (1991)

• She was telling me that I need to make it out of two separate cake pans and then mush it together.

• After boiling the potatoes, you should mush them until they are creamy.

• The chef instructed us to mush the ripe avocados to make guacamole.

Synonyms

M

to mash

vsto mush

141 1.4

To press or crush something until it becomes soft

targets a soft pulpy consistency rather than only losing shape

S

to squash

vsto mush

74 2.0

To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape

creates a soft pulpy mass rather than mainly flattening by force

S

to squish

vsto mush

47 3.2

To press something until it becomes flat or out of shape

describes making a wet pulpy mass rather than noisy squeezing

S

to smoosh

vsto mush

• Informal

7 7.9

To press something so it becomes flat or misshapen

focuses on forming a pulpy texture rather than casual flattening

P

to pulp

vsto mush

3 4.9

To crush something until it becomes a soft, wet mass

aims specifically for a wet pulpy texture rather than dry fragments

M

to mush up

vsto mush

1 4.9

To crush food until it becomes soft and smooth

focuses only on crushing to create the pulpy result

S

to squoosh

vsto mush

• Informal

1 8.2

To press something until it becomes flat or loses its shape

is about producing a soft pulpy consistency rather than just squashing

B

to bray

vsto mush

1 9.1

To crush seeds or plants into small pieces with a heavy bowl and stick

aims to make a soft pulpy mass rather than dry powder or fine pieces

P

to purée

vsto mush

• UK

1 4.1

To make food smooth and soft by mashing or blending it

produces a coarser pulpy mass rather than a very smooth paste

Antonyms

H

to harden

49 2.6

Make something hard or solid

Phrasal Verbs

M

to mush up

1 4.9

To crush food until it becomes soft and smooth

Compounds

C

cornmeal mush

• US

1 4.0

A thick hot porridge made by boiling cornmeal in water

How Pulpy

to liquefy

• Specialized

12 4.4

to puree

15 4.0

to mush

9 4.2

to mash

141 1.4

to crush

346 1.6

press

18 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology